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Better Watch Out is a delicious mindwarp of a Christmas horror movie about a babysitter under siege by an insane psychopath. The film takes the typical ‘babysitter stuck in the house with a killer’ shtick and turns it on its head, culminating in more and more shocking surprises before the big ending. It also features the most annoying tweener of all time. I’ve never wanted to punch a kid in the face more than I did watching this movie. There's a lot of talk these days about every kid getting a participation trophy and kids getting soft or needy or what have you, but this kid is extra special.
Twelve year old Luke Lerner decides he’s going to finally have sex with his seventeen year old babysitter Ashley and can’t wait until his parents head out for the night. (Although 12 seems a little old for a babysitter in my experience) Anyways, after busting out a bottle of champagne, acting a fool and getting turned down, the peace is broken by a brick through the window. Things never get back to normal from that point on.
I can’t really divulge much more without ruining the story. A lot of people complained loudly about the plot and I get it. Suffice to say it pays off in multiple ways I didn’t expect and for that I can recommend Better Watch Out with 9 puffs of smoke through a hole in your cheek out of 10.
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